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title: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad's programme had speeches by many animals.» — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad's programme had speeches by many animals.» Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad's programme had speeches by many animals.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, programme, Toad · **What happens:** be, have, programme · **To what, where:** speeches

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is it TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:1
# text = Is it TRUE or FALSE?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* «Toad's programme had speeches by many animals.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:2
# text = «Toad's programme had speeches by many animals.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	programme	programme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Toad's programme | speeches |  |  |  | by many animals | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |
| 2 | **programme** *in a quote* |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom programme «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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False: every item was by Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:o1:1
# text = False: every item was by Toad
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | every False item |  |  |  |  | by Toad | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False: the programme listed only the Chief Weasel's speeches and songs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:o2:1
# text = False: the programme listed only the Chief Weasel's speeches and songs
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	programme	programme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	listed	list	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Weasel	Weasel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **list** | past | the programme | the Chief Weasel's speeches and songs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** |  | the Chief Weasel |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: several animals spoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:o3:1
# text = True: several animals spoke
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | True several animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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True: Badger and Rat each gave speeches during the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t3:o4:1
# text = True: Badger and Rat each gave speeches during the evening
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | True Badger and Rat | speeches |  |  | evening |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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